LAYTON, Utah, Dec. 8, 2024 (Gephardt Daily) -- Layton City police have arrested a 41-year-old woman after she allegedly crashed her car, twice, into a credit union.
Officers were dispatched to 425 W. Heritage Park Blvd., Layton, on Saturday afternoon, on a report of a business burglary in progress.
"The witness reported seeing a white Mazda crash into the front of a bank," says an arrest document filed in the arrest of Vanessa Rae Hill.
"The vehicle backed up and the driver drove into the building again. The driver was seen exiting the vehicle and entering the bank through the shattered door. The witness collected a license plate and took photographs of the suspect entering the business."
Police arrived to see a Mazda with a matching plate number leaving the parking lot. They attempted a traffic stop, but the car failed to stop, according to arrest documents.
"Instead of stopping, the driver took aggressive driving actions to evade police. The driver was seen driving an estimated 70 mph on Fort Lane, which is a 35 mph zone. As the pursuit continued on Fort Lane, the driver failed to stop at a red light at Fort Lane and Gordon Avenue. Both prior and after this intersection, the Mazda was seen traveling on the wrong side of the road."
Multiple officers involved in this pursuit saw that the vehicle was occupied by one person who was wearing a gray hoodie, as noted in arrest documents.
"Eventually Layton PD stopped pursuit efforts on I-15 due to public safety concerns,"
the probable cause statement says.
"Moments later, Davis Dispatch received a 911 call with a female claiming that someone was in her trunk and trying to kill her. Contact was made (with) this female and she was identified as Vanessa Hill. Nobody was found in Vanessa's vehicle and she was uninjured. It was quickly learned that Vanessa was in the same vehicle that Layton officers had pursued."
Hill was wearing a gray hoodie, which "also matched what the suspect was wearing when entry was made into the bank." This attire appeared in witness-provided photographs. During a consent search of Vanessa's vehicle, authorities found "a blank America First transaction form."
Hill was arrested at 4:40 p.m., her affidavit states for investigation of alleged crimes including burglary; property damage valued at $1,500 to $4,999; failure to respond at command of police; emergency reporting of abuse in non-existent emergencies; driving on wrong side of road; reckless driving; speeding; and failure to obey traffic devices.
Hill has been ordered held without bail in Davis County Jail.